Intel Pentium G850 for livestreaming?

raidermax · Jul 1, 2013

I have a cheap PC (I have little to no money) to do video editing and livestreaming of gameplay of my Xbox 360. Lately my livestreams have been laggy and I want to know if the Pentium G850 is able able to livestream my gameplay video of my Xbox 360 on Twitch or if its something else. Basically the way I do it is I have a RoXio HD Game capture card plugged into the Xbox and then to my graphics card on my PC that has HDMI in it. I use the PC program OBS and select the HDMI source on it and then I am able to stream live on twitch (I dont use Roxio's built in streamer because it has a HUGE delay). Anyways I spoke to a professional livestreamer and he says the lag is because of the Pentium G850 but I dont get it because its 2.9ghz, isnt that fast enough?

Please let me know what you guys would think the problem is, thanks!

nokiddingboss · Jul 1, 2013

raidermax :

that professional you spoke to is telling the truth. you'll need at least a quad i5 or an fx8350 to be able stream at good fps. the dual core pentium won't cut it bro.

fkr · Jul 1, 2013

if your cpu utilization is %100 then you know you need something more powerful

raidermax · Jul 1, 2013

nokiddingboss :

Not sure if you read everything or not but I am streaming everything coming from the Xbox. I am not playing the games and then streaming them on my PC, I am playing the games on the Xbox and then just streaming on my PC. Are you sure the Pentium g850 could not handle this?

fkr · Jul 1, 2013

I promise no matter what benchmark or story you look at on the internet the only thing that will tell you for sure if you need more CPU or GPU power in any circumstance is are you maxing out that component.

If your CPU is not running at %100 then maybe your RAM is an issue. Just an example but i think the point is made.

fkr · Jul 1, 2013

http://www.livestream.com/userguide/?title=System_requirements#Recommended_System_Specifications_for_Broadcasting

Minimum System Requirements for Broadcasting
Pentium Core 2 Duo 2Ghz or Higher
4GB RAM
700Kbps upload bandwidth
Dedicated video card, 256MB VRAM
Windows XP / Vista
Mac OS X 10.5 or higher (v20.0.89)
Mac OS X 10.6 or higher (v20.2.0)

Recommended System Specifications for Broadcasting
Quad Core CPU
4GB RAM
1500Kbps upload bandwidth
Dedicated video card, 512MB VRAM
Windows Vista / Windows 7
Mac OS X 10.5 or higher (v20.0.89)
Mac OS X 10.6 or higher (v20.2.0)

Optimal (for HD Multi-Bitrate Streaming)
Quad Core i7-2600 series CPU or better
8GB RAM
5Mbps or better upload bandwidth
Dedicated video card, 512MB VRAM
Windows Vista / Windows 7

So you are a generation if front of minimum requirements. what graphics card something really cheap may help. Do you have at least 4 gigs of ram 8 gigs would help

raidermax · Jul 1, 2013

My PC has 8GB of memory, I have an AMD 7770 card.

fkr · Jul 2, 2013

from everything I can tell your only way to fix this problem is an upgrade because the rest of your system is fine.
everything in this search will hel;p you unfortunately the cheapest fix is around $180.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100006519%2050001157%2040000343%20600095610%20600030236&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=20

this is the cheapest (at newegg there are better prices out there) CPU with no integrateed graphics
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116782

you may also see if you can find some local store that may do a trade plus cash for a new CPU. also keep a lookout on craiglist or whatever for a local person willing to swap out CPU if you added some cash

Cazalan · Jul 2, 2013

Check your bandwidth too.

http://www.speedtest.net/

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